Improved bed-bottom



@uiten tats ingenui @ffice DAVID A. SCOTT AND JONATHAN E.l BURDGE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 71,225, lated November 1 9, 1867.

IMPROVED BBD-BOTTOM.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON C-ERN Be it knoivnthat we, DnVID A. SCOTT and JONATHAN E. BURDGE, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful invention in Bed-Bottoms; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification. g

The nature of our invention consists in passing metallic rods transverselythrough a series of longitudinal slats, in which holes are made ljust large enough to admit the rolls, and so arranging the rods' by passing themthrough the sla-ts and under the arms of a series of springs, alternately, that they hold the slats firmly to their places, 'and also preventing one from rising above another` whilst they serve, at the san1e`time, to`hold and combine the slats and springs together, without the use of cords, nails, or screws, as Ais the oase with`ll others, f

more or less, thus saving labor and expense.

Figure l'is a plan of our improved hed-bottoni.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of same.

BB represents two transverse bars, in which the springs C C are fastened. The longitudinal slats a a rest on the inner and upper ends,vd, of the spring-arms c c, as shown in fig, 2, and the rods E E pass transversely through the slats., in which holes are made just large enough to admit them, and unrler the arms c c o'i' the springs C', and by this means the slats are firmly held to their places, and also each and 'every slut is brought to the same planeand the rods E E tting closely in the holes in which they pass through in the slats, prevent any lateral motion ofthe springs and slats, and at the same time prevents the strain'from being concentrated on one spring or Slat.

p 'Wedo not claim the springs C C nor the longitudinal slats a a, for these have been used for bed-bottoms before; but what lwe claim is Passing the rods E E transversely through a series of longitudinal slats, a a, and under the arms a e of a like series` of springs, for thepurpose of securing the slats in their places, substantially and for the purpose set forth. v i

DAVID A. SCOTT, JONATHAN E. BURDGE.

Witnesses:

W. R. MeCAR'rY, WM. G.' WILLIAMS. 

